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Some Do's and Don'ts for the Most Anticipated Social Event of the Year By KAREN TRAVERS WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 The state dinner tonight at the White House, the first of the Obama administration, is the hottest ticket in town...
Eight Somali-American men from Minnesota are charged with federal terror-related counts for attempting to recruit fighters for al-Shabaab, a Somali group considered a terror organization by the United States, officials said...
WASHINGTON -- Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Taxpayers won't recoup the...
After a lethal bird flu virus emerged in Asia, U.S. officials launched an intense effort to build new defenses against a pandemic, including replacing an antiquated vaccine system, which depends on millions of chicken eggs.
China To Send Two Giant Pandas To Australian Zoo For Joint Research (AP) BEIJING (AP) - China will send two giant pandas to an Australian zoo this Friday as part of a joint research program. Four-year-old male Wang Wang and...
Troubled Japan Airlines Receives Government Approval For Up To $1.1 Billion In Emergency Loans (AP) TOKYO (AP) - Japan Airlines said Tuesday it obtained government approval to receive up to $1.1 billion in emergency loans aimed...
Army Officers Detained, Questioned over Possible Connection To Planned Attack on Danish Newspaper Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, sits in the offices of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Aarhus, Denmark, Tuesday, Oct. 27,...
Report Shows 12 Percent Of Vt. Households Lack Consistent Access To Nutritious Food (AP) BARRE, Vt. (AP) - A federal government report ranking Vermont the sixth hungriest state in the country may come as a surprise to many, but...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will speak in a televised address Dec. 1 about his plans for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. The White House early Tuesday said Obama would reveal his plans regarding...
The Obama administration claims that its $787 billion economic stimulus program has "created or saved" 640,329 jobs across the country, with more to come. That breathtaking figure includes 24,448 jobs in Illinois.
